Surprisingly not sucky

Rating: 6/10 (11 September 2011)

Back when THE ISLAND was in theaters, I saw the trailers and thought little of it. Most notably, I thought the trailer ruined the whole movie (which I hate hate hate).
Much, much later I finally watch it on download. Not bad! Yeah, the story is simple and obvious. Viewers won't likely be surprised by anything. But this is mindless, action-packed fun. Glitzy high-speed chases, beautiful people (oohhhh Scarlett!).
The movie was a bit too long. Would've been better about 20 minutes shorter. But generally entertaining, not nearly the crap I had expected.
And yes, the subject matter of this movie has been done before, been done better. Watch MOON, for example.